By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s early evidence that a mysterious flu-like illness that has sickened 416 people and left 75 dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo over recent weeks may be malaria.Laboratory samples taken from infected people are suggestive of malaria, although …

CDC continues to recommend that everyone aged 6 months and older get a flu shot every year

By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In what appears to be a last-ditch effort to limit the harms of smoking before its term ends, the Biden administration has proposed a rule that would significantly lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products.The agency’s efforts to …

Imlunestrant leads to significantly longer progression-free survival among those with ESR1 mutations, but not in overall population

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In news that suggests the U.S. opioid epidemic may be easing, drug overdose deaths fell 17% between July 2023 and July 2024.Per new data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 94,000 people died …

Significant increase seen in incidence rates at presentation for women overall, and for those aged 20 to 39, 40 to 74, and 75 years or older

Estimated disease-free survival 97.5 ± 1.3 and 90.2 ± 2.3 percent with chemotherapy plus blinatumomab, chemo alone in average-risk patients

Polygenic risk score and polysocial score have independent and additive effects on coronary heart disease

Number of people with at least one episode of HSV-attributable genital ulcer disease was 187.9 and 16.7 million for HSV-2, HSV-1 in 2020

Depressive symptoms, anxiety seen across patient groups referred to Austin Hospital First Seizure Clinic